Dr. Sheeza Khan
Educational Background
- Ph. D. Protein Chemistry, CIRBS, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (2013)
- M.Sc. Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (2008)
- B.Sc. Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (2006)
Teaching and research Experience
- Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), BSACIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (2021-till date)
- Assistant Professor, BSACIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (2018-2021)
- Women Scientist (DST-WOS-A), ACBR, University of Delhi, Delhi, India (2017-2018)
- Guest Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (2016-2017)
Honors and Awards
- Selected as Women Scientist under Department of Science and Technology (DST) Women Scientist –A (WOS-A),2016.
- Won first prize for oral presentation at “International Interdisciplinary Science Conference (I-ISC 2012) on Protein Folding and Diseases” organized by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi- 110025, India.
- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-NET) awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), NewDelhifromJan,2012-Sept,2013.
- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF-NET) awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), NewDelhif rom Jan.,2010-Dec,2011.
- Qualified Nationality Eligibility Test (NET), June 2009 and secured a Rank- 178 in Subject- LifeSciences.
- Awarded Merit Scholarship for 1st Rank in BSc.Biotechnology Second Year and also awarded Merit Scholarship from Jamia Hamdard for the same.
- Awarded Merit Scholarship from Jamia Millia Islamia for 4th Rank in BSc. Biotechnology in First and Third Year.
Research areas
- Protein Aggregation
- Protein Folding and Stability
- Protein folding intermediates
- Protein folding in crowding environment
- Protein purification
Research outcomes
a. Research grants
Ongoing
Dr. Sheeza Khan, “Role of naturally occurring small molecules in transthyretin-induced familial amyloid cardiomyopathy”, DST WOS-A, 6,74,950 INR
b. Publications
Number of Research Publications
- International journals: 08
- National Journals: NIL
- Conference presentations:15
- Novel genomic sequences submitted to Genbank, NCBI, USA: NIL
- Invited talks delivered: 02
- Patents: Filed: Published: granted: NIL
List of publications
- S. Khan, R. Kaushik, M.Sharma and A. Islam. Molecular basis of pathogenic parasitic infections: Insights from parasitekinome. Frontiers in Bioscience 1, 1488, 2020, (Scopus Indexed) (Impact Factor 2.17).www.imrpress.com/journal/FBL/25/8/10.2741/4865
- R. Kaushik, S. Khan, M. Sharma, S. Hemalatha, Z.Mueed and N. Poddar. Role of Cytochrome P450 in Prostrate Cancer and its Therapy.Current Enzyme Inhibition 16: 1, 2020, (Scopus Indexed) (Impact Factor 0.35).DOI: 10.2174/1573408016666200218122044
- G. Sharma, S. Krishna, S. Khan, T. Dar, K.Khan and L. Singh. Protecting Thermodynamic Stability of Protein: The Basic Paradigm Against Stress and Unfolded Protein Response by Osmolytes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 177: 229-240, 2021, (Scopus Indexed) (Impact Factor 6.95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.102
- M.Basheeruddin, S. Khan, N.Ahmed and S. Jamal. Effect of pH on Diclofenac-Lysozyme interaction: Structural and Functional Aspect.Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, section Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics. 9: 1-9, 2022, (Scopus Indexed) (Impact Factor 4.6). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.872905
- N. Raina, S. Khan, S. Ranjani, S. Hemalatha, and Asimul Islam.Understanding the Nano Colloid-Protein Interaction in Crowded Milieu. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 363: 119794, 2022, (Scopus Indexed) (Impact Factor 6.63).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119794
- S. Khan, T. Dar, and L. Singh. Clinical Implications of Osmolytes in Various Human Diseases. Cellular Osmolytes, Springer, 2017.(ISBN978-981-10-3706-1)
- S. Khan, and Ajaz A. Bhat. Non-Enzymatic post-translational Protein Modifications: Mechanisms and Associated Disease pathologies. Protein Modificomics: From Modifications to Clinical Perspectives, Elsevier, Springer, 2019.(ISBN 9780128119136)
- S. Khan, Z. Mueed, R. Deval, P. Rai, and N. Poddar. Role of osmolytes in amyloidosis. Synucleins- Biochemistry and Role in Diseases. Intech Open, 2019.(ISBN978-953-51-6474-6)
c. Research guidance
Ph.D
Ongoing: 01 Graduated: NIL
| S. No. |
Name of the Scholar |
Title of Thesis |
Year of Registration |
Year of Completion |
Scholarship Details |
Outcomes |
| 1 |
Ms. Ramya C |
Network Biology Approach to Decipher Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Associated Comorbidities |
2022 |
– |
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M.Sc / M.Tech
Completed : 17 Ongoing : 02
| S. No. |
Name of the Scholar |
Title of Thesis
| Year of Registration |
Year of Completion |
Scholarship Details |
Outcomes |
| 1 |
Ms. S. ShafreenAzhari |
To study the effect of β-alanine in opposing the destabilizing effect of urea on proteins |
2018 |
2019 |
– |
– |
| 2 |
Ms. Shaily Singh |
Isolation of Endophytic fungi from the marine seaweed and screening for various biological activities |
2019 |
2020 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 3 |
Ms. Sakshi Srivastav |
Isolation and molecular characterization of multidrug resistance (MDR)Pseudomonas aeruginosa from clinical samples |
2019 |
2020 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 4 |
Ms. GousiaZamrood |
Comparing the effect of amino acid osmolyte on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence of Dextran 70 and Dextran 40 |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 5 |
Ms. Abitha Shree T.P. |
Understanding the effect of glucose-sorbitol mixtures on the functional activity of lysozyme |
2021 |
2022 |
– |
– |
| 6 |
Mr. Aasim Zaid K |
Understanding the effect of oligosaccharides and their monosaccharide mixtures on the functional activity of lysozyme |
2021 |
2022 |
– |
– |
| 7 |
Ms. Rajeshwari N |
Investigating the effect of glycine and alanine mixtures on the functional activity of lysozyme in the presence of Dextran 70 |
2021 |
2022 |
– |
– |
| 8 |
Mr. Saran M |
Development of Low Fidelity Virtualized Bio-Molecular Simulator for Lac Operon Gene Regulation |
2021 |
2022 |
– |
– |
| 9 |
Mr. Marikar Mohammed Shafique |
Investigating the effect of urea-sorbitol mixtures on the functional activity of lysozyme in the presence of Ficoll 70 |
2021 |
2022 |
– |
– |
| 10 |
Ms. Vandana S |
Comparing thermal stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence of disaccharide osmolytes and their constitutive monosaccharide unit mixtures in the presence of Dextran 70 |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 02 |
| 11 |
Ms. R. Archana |
Comparing the effect of polyol osmolytes on the thermal stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence of different sizes of polyethylene glycol |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 02 |
| 12 |
Ms. Harini B |
Investigating the effect of salt-methylamine mixtures on protein stability on crowded mileu |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 13 |
Ms. R.R. Saranya |
Methylated glycine counters urea-induced protein destabilization |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 14 |
Mr. Karthikeyan L |
Comparing the effect of amino acid osmolyte on the thermal stability of RNase-A in presence of Dextran 70 and Dextran 40 |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 15 |
Ms. Vijayalakshmi J |
Evaluation of breast cancer with Her2/NEU gene amplification using FISH |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 16 |
Ms. Sindhu K |
Investigating the effect of taurine and urea mixtures on the stability of RNase-a in the crowded environment |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 17 |
Ms. Samya P |
Role of methylamine osmolytes in counteracting ethanol stress in crowded environment |
2022 |
2023 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
B.Tech
Completed : 09 Ongoing : NA
| S. No. |
Name of the Scholar |
Title of Thesis |
Year of Registration |
Year of Completion |
Scholarship Details |
Outcomes |
| 1 |
Ms.JanetRefona |
Effect of equimolar polyol mixtures on the stability of RNase-A |
2019 |
2020 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 2 |
Ms. Mancy Augustine |
Effect of equimolar amino acid osmolyte mixtures on the stability of RNase-A |
2019 |
2020 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 3 |
Ms. Dhanusha D |
Investigating the effect of amino acid osmolyte mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence of Dextran 70 |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 4 |
Mr. T. Mohammed Imaad Khan |
Investigating the effect of urea and sorbitol mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence and absence of Dextran 70 |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 5 |
Ms. Mydeen Fatima |
Investigating the effect of sugar and polyol mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 6 |
Ms. Niveditha Sridhar |
Investigating the effect of glycine and sucrose mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 7 |
Ms. Princy J |
Investigating the effect of Taurine and Myo-inositol mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin in the presence of Dextran 70 |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 8 |
Ms. Sri Vasunthara U |
Investigating the effect of taurine and β-alanine mixtures on the stability of alpha-lactalbumin |
2020 |
2021 |
– |
Conference Presentation: 01 |
| 9 |
Mr. Lokprakash Aravindan |
Anti-diabetic potential of ipomea batatas using zebra fish |
2021 |
2022 |
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